R4 (Reactions, Reviews, Reference, Redirection) #0022 · 4:50pm Nov 16th, 2014
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Here are five slightly edited old reviews:
Do Not Serve These Ponies by Thanqol
The Cost Of Life by Softy8088
Third Time’s a Charm by RazedRainbow
The Trouble with Phoenixes by Cold in Gardez
Salvation by Cold in Gardez
Do Not Serve These Ponies by Thanqol
[story link] [my original review]
Speaking of Yours Truly, here is a comedic piece by the same author as that one. This is a very silly adventure story. Would make a awesome MLP movie in fact. Very funny with many very sweet moments as well. I could totally see this story happening in the show, though it would be three or four episodes that involved almost none of the mane six. Had a great blend of fantasy and modern absurdism with just a sprinkling of surreal horror.
The Cost Of Life by Softy8088
[story link] [my original review]
Eh, kind of a mixed reaction to this one. It involves a bit of suspense, but I stumbled across a spoiler when reading the comments for the story to see how readers liked it. So the big impact of the story was missing. Well written, but didn’t grab me at all.
Third Time’s a Charm by RazedRainbow
[story link] [my original review]
Another sweet romance story. A bit slow paced, but I would use this as a example of how to do slowly building emotions right. Not perfect, but better than a few of the stories I’ve been reading lately. Good example of a story where nothing really happens, but isn’t exactly a slice of life.
The Trouble with Phoenixes by Cold in Gardez
[story link] [my original review]
Another incredible funny story from Cold In Gardez. I will pretty much read nearly anything he puts out. This one could easily be a episode of the show.
Salvation by Cold in Gardez
[Story is tagged mature] [my original review]
Holy crap. Not the transcendental experience reading Eternal was, but this was one of the most emotional stories I’ve read. Not in how it affected me, but in the depth and complexity of the characters in the story. Their emotions and reactions to things are more nuanced in how they are presented. This one is frackin’ incomplete, which I didn’t notice when I downloaded it. Which makes me really frustrated given how much I enjoyed reading it. I want the rest of the story now!
It’s got very explicit sex scenes, but given that one main character has self-loathing issues wrapped up in meaningless sex and the other main character is struggling with the end of a intense personal relationship, none of the sex scenes stand out as gratuitous. I still skimmed most of them though. Don’t really want detailed descriptions of sex while enjoying a deeply emotional story. Would have skipped them entirely except that most of them involved fairly important character development.
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